Today:
1776 – George Washington and the Continental Army achieved a crucial victory in the American Revolutionary War by defeating the Hessian forces at the Battle of Trenton.
1792 – Charles Babbage, the English mathematician and inventor credited with conceiving the first mechanical computer, was born.
1862 – The largest mass execution in United States history occurred in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Dakota men were hanged after the Dakota War of 1862.
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of the element radium, a significant breakthrough in the study of radioactivity.
1919 – Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees, a transaction that began what is famously called the “Curse of the Bambino.”
1943 – The German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk by the British Royal Navy in the Battle of the North Cape during World War II.
1966 – The first Kwanzaa was celebrated. The week-long African American cultural holiday was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga to honor African heritage and traditions.
1972 – The 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in the Andes were rescued after surviving for 72 days following the crash.
1982 – Time magazine named the personal computer as its “Machine of the Year,” highlighting the growing influence of technology.
1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union formally dissolved the USSR, marking the end of the Soviet Union as a political entity.
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